Portable baby cage



E. READ PORTABLE `B`ABY CAGE Mar. 13, 1923.

yFiled July 19, 1922 2 sheets-sheet ly l 1 IIIIIIIII nl.. llllllllIlMar. 13, 1923.

E. READ PORTABLE BABY CAGE Filed. July 19,

1922 2 sheetS-sheeb 2 Patented Mar, 13, 1923.

"rsrrr EMMA READ, or sroKANE, WASHInstron.4

roE'rABLE BABY CAGE. y Y

Appiieanon ined :muy 19, i922. serial No. 576,138.2 1` A ToctZ/Loiom/zffmayconcer/1t.' through the cage, which is mostlyofopenl 55Be it known that I, EMMA READ, a citizen work -or wire fabric, whichrwill prevent the of the United States, residing at Spokane, baby fromfalling from the cage. v j.

in the county of Spokane and State of TWash- Stillanother purpose lis;the provisioiiof a y 5 ington, have invented certain new and usebabycage of the present `character,vwhi,ch is? ful Improvements in PortableBaby Cages, made up of a plurality of foldable sections 601th i of whichthe following is a specification, properly interlocked, in order to`provide 'a' i reference being had to the accompanying rigidconstruction.' drawings. A still further purpose is the provision of Itis well known that a great many difliimproved means for suppoitingthe.cage in" culties rise in raising and properly housing position adjacentthe.'window,'andproperlyI 65 babies and small children in crowdedcities, braced. H j that is to say from the health viewpoint. It is tobe understood'thatthe particulars This is especially true with referenceto baherein given are in no way llimitative and bies and young children,who at present are that while still keeping within thescope of beingraised in large apartments, as a result theinvention, any desiredmodifications of 70 of not obtaining the proper fresh air, as wellldetail and desired proportions vmay bemade as being outdoors, for suchair andexercise'. in the apparatus according to circumstances. lncrowded cities, where the houses ,are The invention comprises furtherfeatures closely arranged, and in large apartments, and combination ofparts,"as will be herein-V there is no way for proper ventilation.r`Back after set forth, shown' in the drawings and 75 and front yards aresmall, while those living claimed l in apartments have no'facilitieswhatever, In the drawings i to permit the children and babies to receiveFigure l is a view of a baby-cage conproper fresh air from theoutside.structed inl accordance with thewinvention With these facts in view it1s thepurpose and showing the sameapplied to a;window; S0 of the presentinvention to provide an arti- Figure 2 is aivertical sectionalview oncle of'manufacture 4for babies and young line 2-2 of Figure l; Y i jchildren, to be suspended" upon the exterior Figure y3 is a horiaontaltransverse -secof a building adjacent an `open window, tional view online 3-:3 'of Figure 1;. y

wherein the baby or young child may beY Figure 4 is an enlarged-detailview of 85 placed. This article of manufacture comthe constructionof'means for supporting a prises a housing or cage, wherein the, babybracket andfor assisting in 'supportingthe or young child together withproper toys cage or housing; 4 f

may be placed. rlhe baby is enabled to re- Figure 5 is anenlargeddetailview'of'the ceive fresh air through the screenor wireconnectionbetween'one ofthe horizontal 90 fabric, and it will be notedthat the baby yslotted beams of the calge,rsh'owiiig vhovv'llthev hassufficient room or space fo-r playing with outer section is connectedtothe bottom'sec'- f toys. Furthermore suitable bed clothing tion; 40may be arranged in the cage or housing, Figure 6 is; an lenlargedvsectional View when suspended adjacent the window. of the through` theconstruction sho-wnin Figure 5; 95 house or apartment, so that when itis time yFigure 7 is afdetail perspective "view, for the baby to take anap, the bed clothing showing vhow the braces arel connected to may bemade up in `one corner wherein the the slotted beams of. thebottom,"siifliciently baby may sleep. to reinforce the structure; l" i iAnother purpose is to provide a device of Figure 8 is an enlargeddetailview ofthe 100 this kind made up of sections, andI providedconnection between lone lof the' 'roo-f sections with suitable curtains,which, when the baby andtheisidesection; f j 1 v is sleeping may belowered, and arranged so Figure "9 is a sectional view through the as toprevent draft, and yet permit the baby construction shown inFgureS; Y toreceive sufficient fresh air. When the Figure l() is ain'enlarged'detail view of 105 baby has finished taking'a nap, the curtains oneofthe lower outer corners ofthe 'cageor' i may be rolled up out of place,so as to per` housing, showing 'howr the outer sectionand init athorough supply of fresh air to pass the end sections arev operativelyvconnected,

to reinforce one another, and to permit the end sections to retain theouter section in position;

Figure 11 is a detail view showing how the corner angle irons arefastened to the corners of the housing or cage.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the window of a building, and 2denotes the usual sill. Arranged on the inner sill, and in engagementwith the bead 3 of the sill is an angle iron 4. Also engaging the sill,outwardly beyond that portion which is engaged by the angle iron, is awooden Subsill 5. Engaged with the exterior sill 6 of .c the window isan angle iron 7 and riveted or otherwise fastened thereto as at 8 aredepending beams 19 'including `ceive the shanks 11 of the bolts 12.

bracket arms 9. rEhe upper ends of the 4bracket arms are extended beyondthe angle iron 7, and are provided with openings 10, through which theShanks 11 of the bolts 12 pass. The heads of the bolts 12 engage theexterior surfaces of the bracket arms 9.

lThe angle iron 4 is disposed to receive the tubular shanks 13' of thebolts 14. rIhese tubular Shanks also pass through the subn sill 5', andare interiorly threaded, to 5eb viously by tightening up the bolts 12and 14, the frame may be supported rigidly in' position. The lower endsof the bracket arms 9 have riveted or otherwise secured thereto a woodenstrip 15, which lies flat against the wall of the building, to hold thebracket arms out of contact with the wall. In fact the 'angle iron 7which engages the exterior sill of the window also prevents thedepending bracket arms from contacting with the wall of the building.

Hingedly connected to the depending bracket arms 9 as at 16 adjacenttheir lower extremities are brace bars 17. Hingedly connected at 18 tothe dependingbracket arms 9, adjacent their upper ends are hollow beams19. These beams are square or rectangular in cross section and aretubular. The upper walls of the beams 19 are slotted as shown atv 20substantially for their full length. The central portions of the slots2O have enlarged openings 21, for facilitating the attachment of theinner and outer sections ofthe baby cage, as will be explained later.

The bottom walls of the beams 19 adjacentl their outer ends are providedwith slots 22, the inner ends of which terminate in rectangular enlargedportions 23. The the braces 17, together with the hangers or bracketarms 9', act to support the entire structure. exteriorly of the windowof the building. The housing or cage for the baby comprises the outerwall section, the inner. wall section, and the two end-wall sections,designated .respectively 2 4, 25 and 26. The outer wall sectioncomprises a lower sheet metal base portion 27,

and an upper screen or wire fabric section 23. The screen or wire fabricportion proper is fastened in any suitable manner to the sheet metalbase portion 27 and the end rails 29, which rise from the ends of thesheet metal base portion 27. The upper ends of the rails 29 areconnected by an angle piece 30. r1`he outer wall section is in twoparts, which are hingedly united as at 31, so that the two parts arecapable of folding, when the outer wall section is removed. The lowerportion or edge of the sheet metal base por-v tion 27 of the outer wallsection has secured to it an angle bar 32. Riveted or otherwise securedto the angle bar 32 are plates 33 having 1"-shaped lugs 34 projectingdownwardly. Obviously when arranging the outer wall section in position,so that the T-shaped lugs 34 will pass through the rectangular openings21, centrally of the beams 19. The outer wall seiction then movesoutwardly to the outer ends of the beams 19, causing the restrictednecks of the ,lugs 34 to engage the outwardly extending portions ofthe-slots 20. Therefore, it is obvious that when the outer wall sectionis moved. to the outer ends of the beams 19, the lugs 34 will act tolock and hold the outerk wall section substantially perpendicularly.

The outer upper ends of the braces 1 7 also terminate in. '1 -shapedlugs 35, which are designed to pass through the rectangular enlargements23 of the slots 22 in the under or bottom walls of the beams 19, andthen by allowing the beams 19 to move to horizontal positions, the lugs35 will move outwardly in the slots 22, and therefore lock the bracesdetachably to the beams 19.

The inner wall section 25 comprises a sheet metal base portion 36, andan upper sheet metal portion 37. The inner wall section 25 also is intwo parts 38, which are hingedly united as at 39, so that the two partsare capable of folding, when 'collapsing the various sections of thecage. rEhe sheet metal base portion 36 of the inner wall section extendsfrom the outer sill of the window downwardly to a position approximatingthe supporting beams 19, and has at its lower edge an angle bar 40, thelower horizontal flange of which has riveted or otherwise securedthereto plates 41 provided with "1T-shaped lugs 42. These lugs 42 areinserted through the rectangular openings 21 of the beams 1 9, and thenthe inner wall section is moved toward and in a position adjacent theinner ends of thebeams. `Positioning of the inner wall section, 2,5 inthis manner will cause the restricted necks of it is disposed' the lugs42 to engage the inwardly extendand closed, vfor .the

`provided with f hingedly which may be opened inner wall section ismounted doors 43,

access to the interior of the cage orhousing. When the cage is occupied,thedoors 43 may be locked from the interior .of the room. The ends ofthe inner wall section 25 are in the form of vertical members44, whereasthe upper portion .of the inner wall section 25 terminates in alaterally extending flange 45. This flange 45A extends out` wardly. v vY The ends of the lateral flanges of the angle bars 32 and 40 areprovided with short slots 46 and 47, the ends of which'remote from theends of the angle bars have rectangular enlargements 48 and 49.. A

Each end section 26 comprises a sheet metal base portion 50, an uppersection or wire fabric panel 51, and thesheet metal panels 52 havinginclined upper edges. The end sections 26 are in two hingedly unitedparts, which have their hinges allowing the two parts of the hingesections to fold inwardly, when removed. The inclined edges of thetriangular panels 52 have lateral flanges 54, which correspond with theange 45 and the ange at the top of the inner wall section of the cage.

The lower edges of the sheet metal base portions 50 of the end sectionsofthe cage have rivetedtheretoy angle stripsor bars 55,v to the endyportions of which plates 5 6 are rivted or otherwise secured. Theseplates-56 have T-shaped lugs 57 ,which enter the rectangularenlargements of the slo-ts 46 and 47 of thevangle bars32 and v40. Obvi.

ously by moving the end wall sections laterally in opposite directions,the restricted necks of the T-shaped lugs 57 will engage the slots, andthereby lock and hold the end wall sectionsin perpendicularI positions,with their inner and outer edges'adjacent the end edges of the inner andouter wall sections.

Obviously the end wall sections 26 act to hold the inner and outer wallsections in position` while the flooring 58 rests upon the lateral orhorizontal flanges of the angle strips or bars 32, 40 and 55, therebyhold' ing the end wall sections in-position .These wall sections cannotdetach.,y until the flooring is `raised or elevated or otherwise removedtrom the cage or housing. The Hooring 58 comprises three sections 59,which have their adjacent edges provided with dowel pin and socketconnections 60. The

pins of these connections are very short,

just long enough to engage shallow sockets, to prevent the threesections of the flooring from movement relatively to each other.

Corner angle strips 61 are arranged to overlap the joints at the cornersof the cage or housing. In other words the angle strips or bars 61 arearranged in position to preclude the weather, especially when the cur-`Purpose of permitting` shown at 53.,v

iight and angular sheet metal bars 52 of theend sec-` t-ions. There arealso hooks 64carried by the upper portions of the inner and outer wallsections, which also engage similar pins or lugs 63 carriedl by theangle strips or bars 61. strips or bars 61 have additional lugs 65, withwhich hooks 66 Vsimilar to the hooks 64 engage, thereby locking the`angle bars or strips 61 in i joints at the corners of the cage orhousing, and thereby further preclude the Weather.

Suitable rollers 67 are carried by the outer and end wall sections, inpositions immediately adjacent the upper portions of the screen or wirefabric of `these sections. The rollers are mounted in bearings, and havecurtains 68. The rollers may be of the usual spring type, whereby theymay reroll the curtains when unreeled, and

`due to the conventional form of detentV at certain` ends ofthe means(not shown) rollers, .the curtains may be held indifferent adjustedpositions. l. In other words the curtains are inthe forni of shades, andAmay be drawn, yfor rain, when the baby isasleep. The edges of thecurtains or shades,'and the ends of the sticks usually carried bythelower edges of kthe curtains or shades, engage betweenA the `flanges ofthe angle bars-.or strips 61 and the wall sections, thereby guiding thecurtains or shadesv in their movements when adjusted. i

Theflanges 54 have T'shaped slots 69`in their-'horizontal flanges, forthe reception of the T-shaped lugs 70 ofthe roofing 71. In fact theroofing 71 comprises three sections 72, which are corrugated as shown,and secured to the end edgesof each section are angle strips or bars 73, which have the down! wardly extending T-shaped lugs 70. The

vtoward the outer wall section, until the roof section overlies theouter wall section. The

next ,roof section is fastened to the flanges 54 in a similar manner,and so is the third section, whichis located at the inner portion of theroofing. The adjacent edges of the several roof sections overlap, forthe purpose of shedding the water and the drippings'from snow and rain.The inner edge vThe lower portions of the anglek position, so as tocover thev respective the purpose of` keeping out the or bars (notshown) vbut Words the rst, roof` of the last roof section is providedwith hooks 74;, to engage eyes 75 on` the flange e5 of the inner wallsection, to assist materially in holding the last mentioned roofsection, as well as the other roof sections in place. It will be notedthat the downwardly eX- tending flanges of the angle strips overlie thehooks 63, and thereby retain them in locked positions, hence preventingaccidental displacement of the angle strips or'bars 61.

The curtains or shades have connected thereto cords 76, which pass overpulleys T7 carried by the under part ofthe cage or housing, and extendinto the room, whereby the curtains may be actuated from the interior ofthe room.

Obviously a cage or housing of this kind arranged exteriorly of thewindow .of a room, will permit babies, ,or small children to be housedtherein and kept from the rain and snow, and yet be permitted to breathethe fresh air, and thereby become more healthful. This construction ofcage will be very useful in cities wherer the houses are very closetogether and in apartments, where there are nofront and back yards orlawns, for the babies and children to play on.

The sub-sill and the angle clamping bars Il: and 7 are capable ofadjustment, so that the clamping means can Vaccommodate itself towindows of different sizes. p

rlhe ends of theangle bar 32 (which is secured by rivets or spot like tothe base portion 91'? section) are extended as shown clearly in Figuresl and ll, on which the lower ends of the angle strips or bars 61 rest,in order to support them in position.

rll`he invention having been set forth, what is claimed is:

l. A baby cage or housing comprising a floor supporting frame includingoutwardly extending beams, inner and'outer wall sections interlocked tothe inner and outer ends of said beams and rising perpendicularly`therefrom, end wall sections having interl locking connections with theinner and outer wall sections, and acting to hold the latter inposition, aflooring resting upon said of the outer wall beams andengaging betweenthe end wall sections, thereby reinforcing all the wallsections in position, and a roofing provided with interlockedconnections with the several wall sections, to hold their upper portionsin place.

2. A baby cage or housing comprising a welding or the floor supportingframe including outwardly extending beams, inner and outer wall sectionsinterloclred to the inner and outer ends of said beams and risingperpendicularly therefrom, end wallv sections having interlockingconnections with the inner and outer wall sections, and acting to holdthe latter in position, a flooring resting upon said beams and engagingbetween the end wall sections, thereby reinforcing all the wall sectionsin position, and a rooting provided with interlocked connections withthe several wall sections, to hold theirvupper portions in place, andmeans suspended from the sill of a window for supporting said floorsupporting frame.

3. ln a baby cage, a floor supporting frame comprising outwardlyextending beams, inner and outer and end wall sec tions, supported byand connected to said beams, said wall sections having wire fabricpanels, a sectional roofing providedwith interlocled connections withthe several wall sections to retain them in position, angle membersengaging the corners where the several wall sections unite, hookscarried by the upper ends of the angle members and being detachablyconnected to the end wall sections, and means carried by the sections ofrooting overlying the hooks, to retain them in place.

4C. In a baby cage, a cage supporting frame comprising outwardlyextending bea-ms, means for supporting said frame exteriorly of a windowof a building, said cage comprising inner and outer and end wallsections interlocked at their lower por tions, means for interlockingthe inner and outer wall sections removably to the beams, and means forholding the upper portions of the inner and outer sections connected andin position, and a rooting for the cage, said supporting means for theframe comprising a sub-sill to enga-ge the sill of the window, aclamping bar on the inner sill, a clamping bar upon the outer sill.depending hangers or arms connected to the outer clamping bar andcarrying said supportingl frame, and means passing through the clampingbars and through the sub-sill for adjustably connecting and supportingthe frame to the sill of the window.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

EMMA READ.

